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Nor does distributed loads work in ladder trusses.

Hi When Ladder type truss (ex. Eurotruss FD32, Litec FX30, Global F32V) is used with Soft Goods as molton hanged from it, Soft Good object is not selected with Truss System. Also this prevents Braceworks calculation to acknowledge weight of Soft Good in truss. Soft Good is inserted so red diamond appears to truss object. Is this feature with ladder trusses on purpose? Same behavior can be seen in version 2024 and 2025. File is v2025. Ladder Truss w Soft Goods.vwx

I have to correct my last statement. If in Worksheet Format Cell dialog in View section you have component set as 2D Top and Render Mode as Shaded then class visibilities works. If you have any 3D view selected then class visibilities don't work. Column D settings shown in screenshot, Column C has 3D view so all classes are visible in trusses. Vectorworks version used in here is 2025.

You can manage class in report, kind of. Report takes visible or hidden classes from "main documents" visibilities when you recalculate the report. So if you want to see trusses in reports make necessary modifications in class visibilities in either navigation panel or organization dialog and recalculate worksheet. Easy and intuitive /s 😄

I would add that some stock content is with outer chords only. This happens to be most PRT type trusses that I have tried. I have issue with customized trusses where when center chord is added to symbol, in TOP and Bottom views fixtures do not snap to center chord, in all other view they do. Snapping works in all views for example in Eurotruss HDX35 trusses which are factory shipped with center chord. @JustinVH

I have same thing happening with attributes panel and tools in version 2025 as in previous versions. Tools setup like this, , collapses to this when program is closed and opened again. It is frustrating to rearrange tools after every restart.

Thanks for the comments. @JustinVH I can feel your pain of modifying all trusses. @Sebastiaan This concept is known. Lighting Device Insertion point change in truss is just something that is changed from previous versions and differs from past practice. I'm also wondering is there enchantment to change this so Lighting Devices snap to bottom of chords.

Hello How to get customized trusses made in version 2024 or earlier to handle Lighting Devices to snap multiple chords? Normal file conversion from earlier versions does not seem to make this magic to work. I can see couple new things popping up to file with standard library truss, class Chord Snapping and record Truss Chord Info. Class does not seem to show anything but on deletion indicates that class contains some objects. I cant see record to be attached to symbols of trusses. On deeper debugging I see what Chord Snapping class contains. Truss Symbol in Resource Manager now includes "hidden" 3D Polygon as a line in middle of truss main chords. 3D Polygon gets it's attributes from Chord Snapping class and there Pen is set as none. This way Snapping Polygon is hidden from view. To this Polygon is attached record Truss Chord Info. In this record is Chord ID and Chord width. I think that it is safe to say that you can not easily convert old libraries to use this new amazing feature to snap to chords. Am I right? I noticed that some PRT type trusses do not include upper middle beam as snappable chord. I tested Eurotruss PRT-244 and HOF MLT-240 trusses. When I added extra Chord Snapping object with unique ID I got snapping to work in Top/Plan mode but in 3D views Lighting Device snapping seems not to work so smoothly. Especially snapping in Top view is not working, red diamond is appearing only on side trusses. Lighting Devices are snapping in middle of truss chords so devices get Z-value offset half of Chord width. Corners do not seem to have snapping to chords available yet? Attached is my test file with modified Eurotruss PRT, all other symbols are from Vectorworks Library Truss Tool Test 2025.vwx

You probably need to go to Speaker array tool on new file and reassign correct symbol to array. That symbol on your new file looks like default speaker symbol. I get this same kind of behavior if I copy just Speaker Array object not including Speakers them self and just Update copied array. If I go to Configure Array dialog, that show it uses correct symbol but does not show that on drawing until you exit with OK. After that symbol also appears in RM. I agree that this is incorrect behavior. Symbols should be visible after copy. Or at least use correct symbol after Update.

If you divide 100% of CPU with your CPU core count, does that equal around 15%? Replace Truss command along many other tools and commands use only one core from CPU. I agree that Replace Truss command is sometimes very slow. Sometimes it can surprise you and not take very long time.

I have had this same thing happening with attributes in 2024. Always when you open program attributes has taken space from tools. 2025 seems to have corrected that feature.

You can make your self a "template" file for layers and classes and place that to user or workgroup folder under Libraries/Defaults/Standards folder. To that file you create Design Layers, Sheet Layers and Classes that you like to use. When you create new Layer or Class you can use import function on Crete New window and select preferred file where to import. For Design Layer you can tick option to import objects from that layer, Sheet Layer can't import any Title Blocks or Viewports as far as I know. There is some sample files in Vectorworks installation which you can examine. Key is to have your file at correct folder in either User or Library folder. Remember to refresh library or restart Vectorworks to get template file to show up in popup list after you place your file in correct library folder. Now you can import your needed sheet(s) to new file with out needing to delete previous project from file.

Tomas, take a look from here. You can get lens glow to reflect color of beam. Also on/off state is achievable.

Hi Check form Text Format dialogs the font size. I have had couple times that I have to crank font size to comically high in sheet layer. See example. In this case Summary Key is on Sheet layer only. I just tested, if you create Summary to Design layer font size in text body is 12pt. On Sheet that is 600pt on default. But if you create first Summary to Sheet layer text size is 12pt also there. My bet is that there is some inconsistency on text sizes depending on what layer you create first Summary or layer scales has something to do with text size in summary.

You can choose how Drawing label show Scale from Scale Display pop-up. Architectural shows text Half Actual Size, Engineering shows scale as numbers, in this case 1:2. There is also option to show Custom Scale which gives you option to type in your scale as you wish. You can from Drawing label style save your preferred string as custom scale. This way you can have style that gives your scale 6" = 1'-0" as text. Not as flexible but could still be manageable if you use this scale often. Just note that custom text is just text. It will not change if you change viewport scale as two other options.